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Outlook 98 Archive Patch

Brief Description
The Outlook® 98 Archive Patch safeguards your Outlook data against potential loss in the event of a power failure during the archiving process.

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Quick Details
File Name:arch98en.exe
Version:1
Knowledge Base (KB) Articles:KB214575
Date Published:3/18/1999
Language:English
Download Size:5.0 MB
Estimated Download Time: 13 min 56K
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Overview

Microsoft recently learned of an archive fidelity issue in Outlook® 98 that involves potential data loss during an archive process. The problem is that during the archive process, there is a small window of time when archival information is only in memory before being written to the archive personal store (PST) file. If a computer failure occurs at this exact time, the items that are in memory are lost. So, if you were archiving information in Outlook and a power failure occurred, for example, you might notice that when you restart Outlook you cannot find some of the information you were archiving.


Download this patch to fix the problem and before installing the patch, you should consider not using the Archive or AutoArchive feature. The patch will change the archive mechanism to ensure that the archived items are fully written to disk before deleting them from the source folder. After the fix is applied, there will be no risk of data loss should a crash occur in the middle of the archive process. This problem is corrected in future versions of Outlook. Notes
This patch is for the Outlook 98 English language version. Versions of the patch for other languages, and for Outlook 97 will be available at a later time.

For additional information on this patch please read the Microsoft Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q214575 .

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 95; Windows 98; Windows NT
  • This download works with the following Office applications:
    • Outlook 98

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Instructions



To install this download

  1. You may want to print this page to use as a reference when you are offline.
  2. Download the file from this page by clicking the Download link above and following the instructions in the dialog boxes.
  3. You must exit Outlook 98 before installing this patch.
  4. If you are installing Outlook 98 archive patch on a Windows NT® Server machine, you must have administrator rights for the patch to install correctly. For more information read the Microsoft Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q214575 .
  5. Double-click the Arch98en.exe program file on your hard disk to start the setup program.
  6. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.


Instructions for use:

Once installation is complete, Outlook will be updated.

To remove this download:

This patch cannot be uninstalled.

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